The dispute about the apple logo of a cycle path of the Rhine Voreifel tourism in Germany seems to be settled.
Apple had been fighting with the Tourist Association some time ago, because they use a logo for their bicycle path that looks a long way away similar to the Apple logo. The apple was chosen as the logo because the cycle path winds through apple growing areas.
Now Apple, as the General Anzeiger Bonn reports, has withdrawn the opposition at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA). However, a condition was imposed: The apple Logo may be used exclusively in connection with the bicycle way by the apple cultivation region Rhine Voreifel. According to the DMPA press office, the proceedings are now closed. The logo for the route through the apple region is now protected until 2028.
